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Gifford Nielsen

BYU

Career Stats

Season TM GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% LNG SCK SCKY RUSH YDS RUSH TD FUM LOST
1975
BYU
11
110
180
61.1
16.4
1,471
8.2
133.7
10
7
140.3
5.6
3.9
-144
2
1976
BYU
11
207
372
55.6
33.8
3,192
8.6
290.2
29
19
143.2
7.8
5.1
-273
1
1977
BYU
11
98
156
62.8
14.2
1,167
7.5
106.1
16
3
155.7
10.3
1.9
-25
0
Total 33 415 708 58.6 21.5 5,830 8.2 176.7 55 29 145.2 7.8 4.1 -442 3

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Team Rankings

PPG

43.3

14th

OPP PPG

5.3

1st

RUSH YDS/G

265.7

6th

PASS YDS/G

186.3

126th

2025 Big 12 Standings
TEAM CONF OVERALL
5
Kansas Kansas
1-1
3-2
6
Arizona Arizona
0-0
3-0
7
BYU BYU
0-0
3-0
8
UCF UCF
0-1
3-1
9
Cincinnati Cincinnati
1-0
3-1
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
9/27
BYU BYU
@
COLO COLO
10:15 PM
Fri
10/3
WVU WVU
@
BYU BYU
10:30 PM
Sat
10/11
BYU BYU
@
ARIZ ARIZ
1:00 PM
Sat
10/18
UTAH UTAH
@
BYU BYU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/25
BYU BYU
@
ISU ISU
1:00 PM
Last Game

13

Final

34

Sat 20 Sep 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
4
1
.800
2
Texas Tech Texas Tech
4
0
1.000
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Buffalo Buffalo
2
3
.400
2
Western Michigan Western Michigan
1
3
.250
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Fresno State Fresno State
4
1
.800
2
Utah State Utah State
3
2
.600
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
2
2
.500
2
JMU JMU
3
1
.750
Independent W L PCT
1
UConn UConn
3
2
.600
2
Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
2
.500
Southeastern W L PCT
1
LSU LSU
4
1
.800
2
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
4
0
1.000
2
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Navy Navy
4
0
1.000
2
North Texas North Texas
5
0
1.000
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
Virginia Virginia
4
1
.800
2
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
5
0
1.000
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Washington State Washington State
2
2
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
0
5
.000
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Delaware Delaware
3
1
.750
2
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
3
1
.750

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
9/5
NWST NWST
@
MINN MINN
0-66
Fri
9/5
SJSU SJSU
@
TEX TEX
7-38
Fri
9/5
CONN CONN
@
SYR SYR
20-27
Fri
9/5
UVA UVA
@
NCST NCST
31-35
Fri
9/5
PEAY PEAY
@
UGA UGA
6-28

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
9/27
BYU BYU
@
COLO COLO
10:15 PM
Thu
10/2
SHSU SHSU
@
NMSU NMSU
9:00 PM
Fri
10/3
WKU WKU
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
10/3
CHAR CHAR
@
USF USF
7:00 PM
Fri
10/3
UNM UNM
@
SJSU SJSU
10:00 PM